CONCLUSIONS As you can see, even a small, relatively basic watershed like John's Creek is full of many constantly changing processes, all interacting to produce the sytstem we call a watershed. With the current level of understanding of watersheds, it is not possible to create a "solution" to a watershed analysis. Rather, we can make some predictions about whether fish inhabit the streams, or where and when mass wasting events may occur. And even if we are able to provide good predictions about this watershed, we must perform a completely new analysis to determine how this watershed will impact surrounding watersheds, such as the Hamma Hamma. We hope that we have provided a clear representation of what might be going on in the John's Creek Watershed. And, perhaps more importantly, we hope that you have gained an appreciation for the complexity of the processes that combine to create a watershed, and that you have learned about some of the methods that can be used to perform a watershed analysis. We certainly have.
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